The Kid Brother on AllMovie

Kid Brother is among comedian Harold Lloyd's finest features. Featuring a deft blend of hilarity and pathos, the story, unlike many other Lloyd efforts, does not hinge upon nail-biting, breathtaking daredeviltry, but rather emphasizes the story itself. Lloyd plays a small-town sheriff's who is as timid as his siblings and male relatives are macho. When a thuggish villain begins to terrorize the town, it is meek Lloyd who finds the courage to defeat him. Most of the story was shot on location on Southern California's beautiful Catalina Island. Other segments were shot in Placentia and the Santa Ana Canyon. The story grossed $2million and was the most popular film of 1927.